# The Idiot

After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon , Akira Kurosawa immediately turned to one of the most daring, and problem-plagued, productions of his career. The Idiot , an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nineteenth-century masterpiece about a wayward, pure soul's reintegration into society—updated by Kurosawa to capture Japan’s postwar aimlessness—was a victim of studio interference and, finally, public indifference. Today, this "folly" looks ever more fascinating, a stylish, otherworldly evocation of one man’s wintry mindscape.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1951
- By: Akira Kurosawa
- Genres: Drama, War
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-idiot)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/the-idiot?play=1)